It was a little before 8 at night when the breaker went out at Emily Milburn’s home in Galveston. She was busy preparing her children for school the next day, so she asked her 12-year-old daughter, Dymond, to pop outside and turn the switch back on.
As Dymond headed toward the breaker, a blue van drove up and three men jumped out rushing toward her. One of them grabbed her saying, “You’re a prostitute. You’re coming with me.”
Dymond grabbed onto a tree and started screaming, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.” One of the men covered her mouth. Two of the men beat her about the face and throat.
As it turned out, the three men were plain-clothed Galveston police officers who had been called to the area regarding three white prostitutes soliciting a white man and a black drug dealer.
All this is according to a lawsuit filed in Galveston federal court by Milburn against the officers. The lawsuit alleges that the officers thought Dymond, an African-American, was a hooker due to the “tight shorts” she was wearing, despite not fitting the racial description of any of the female suspects. The police went to the wrong house, two blocks away from the area of the reported illegal activity
Her father was arrested for fighting to stop three, plainclothes guys who grabbed his daughter and force her into a van. He should have intuitively known they were cops and not kidnappers. Right?
“The city has investigated the matter and found that the conduct of the police officers was appropriate under the circumstances,”
#40 – CharlesTW
“At the time, Dymond was five (5) feet and six (6) inches tall, and weighed one hundred and twenty (120) pounds. She was an honor student attending advanced classes at Austin Middle School.”
Whoa! 12 years old, and she’s 5’6″ and weighs 120? She must be finishing her plate!
#39–Fusion==here’s another hypothetical: “What would happen if I were traveling thru space up to the speed of light?”
Thought experiments like this open up and explain the universe==whether it is the physical universe we all live in, or the personal universe of our contemplated lives.
Yes, my hypotheticals are meant to amuse, challenge, sometimes insult all to see that universe in a new world. NEVER my direct intent to merely insult. As you take this invitation to think in such manner, I will stop responding to you.
Live long and prosper—but sometimes think too? I can’t help myself==when was the last time you changed your mind? Mine was about 2 months ago. I decided gays should be allowed to marry. You?
#43, booboo,
Why not just STFU? If you had something relevant to add then great. You didn’t. You only wanted to play your little game.
You’re just another in a large collection of ADD infected boys. A wannabe that pretends he can psychoanalyze others. You might be smarter than Cow Paddy, or Lyin’ Mike, but that isn’t saying much.
#44 – Mr. Fusion
>>Why not just STFU?
Hey, that’s my line, mister!
So.. they couldn’t find the white women they were looking for, but they DID find a black girl outdoors and didn’t want to leave empty-handed?
She only got beat up for resisting giving away freebies. In what possible world would it really take 3 grown men to violently take down a 12 year old girl, even if she were immensely overweight or an athelete?